Read to highlights from the presidents' comments to the Alberta Medical Association’s (AMA’s) Representative Forum (RF) and annual general meeting in Edmonton, September 27-28.
Dr. Dennis W. Jirsch talks about medical mistakes and our concept of time: "Certainly fatigue and arrogance can get in the way of good medical judgment, but our predilection for haste deserves special consideration."
In Dr. J. Barrie McCombs' final article, he discusses his tenure writing the Web-footed MD column: "Computer addiction - A career spanning punch cards to iPads logs out."
The Alberta Medical Association (AMA) is making a major investment in our Youth Run Club for healthy kids and communities. We invite you to bring these resources to where you, your family and your neighbors live.
Dr. Dennis W. Jirsch talks about the pros and cons of our digital age in "Our technological discontent."
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